Fulda, Germany - Entering a growing controversy, Germany's Catholic bishops affirmed Friday the right of Muslims to build "dignified" mosques in German cities.

But in compromise wording that reflected differences among the bishops who met this week, they added that they disapproved of mosques "being abused as expressions of power hunger, rivalry or aggressive interaction."

In the western city of Cologne, there has been widespread opposition to a project to build a mosque near a main street with two 55-metre-high minarets.

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